Basque

A member of a cultural and ethnic people living in the western Pyrenees and the Bay of Biscay between France and Spain.

• But in more recent times [ETA] has been decimated by arrests and weakening support from Basques with little stomach for terrorism after Sept. 11 and the Madrid train bombings of 2004 by Islamic militants.

Relating to the Basque people or their language.not-comparable

• The edict was issued in 1615 after a storm destroyed three Basque whaling vessels on an expedition in Iceland.

The language of the Basque people.

• If you like a challenge, try Hungarian. It’s like no other European language you’ve heard, except maybe Basque.